Description - Working with Troubled Men by Morley D. Glicken
This book offers a concise, readable, research-grounded synthesis of the special concerns mental health and other helping professionals need to address when working with men today, and explains a wealth of effective gender-specific approaches to assessment and intervention that result in more successful outcomes for male clients. Many more women than men seek counseling and therapy, and to some extent standard services have evolved in response to female styles of communicating and problem-solving. Practitioners frequently feel frustrated and baffled by their male clients because they seem unresponsive to treatment approaches that work so well for women. But many men benefit from therapy when practitioners understand male socialization and the ways men communicate and problem-solve. Too many men today are doing badly and are in real need of help. Almost half of America's male children grow up in single parent homes headed by mothers, where they seldom have male mentors or role models. Fewer men then women attend or graduate from college, and increasing levels of binge drinking and date rape on campuses paint a discouraging picture of men on campus.
Male violence continues to be a serious problem in many American communities, with male youth violence continuing at epidemic levels. Men die younger than women overall and in much higher proportions from suicide, homicide, and cirrhosis of the liver. In Part I, Morley Glicken explains some of the reasons for these statistics, describes male socialization, and documents a disturbing rise in "male bashing" in some circles. In Part II he discusses diagnosis and the development of the therapeutic relationship, lays out a general model of therapy with men, and presents some specific creative approaches. In Parts III-V, he suggests ways of helping special groups, including violent men, men of color, older men, and men who abuse substances. Finally in Part VI, he sums up and reflects on the path ahead, and then presents the perspectives of female practitioners/researchers who were invited to comment. Illustrated throughout by richly authentic extended case examples and quotations, Working With Troubled Men: A Contemporary Practitioner's Guide is a wonderful new resource for all who work professionally with men or are training to do so.
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